{"id":2271,"date":"2008-12-19T00:08:59","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T23:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2008-12-19T00:33:26","modified_gmt":"2008-12-18T23:33:26","slug":"the-end-of-newspapers-at-least-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=2271","title":{"rendered":"The end of the newspaper era (at least for me)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img\" style=\"margin: 1em; float: right; display: block;\">\n<div>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption\" style=\"\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:IHT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/2\/2b\/IHT.jpg\/202px-IHT.jpg\" alt=\"centre\" title=\"centre\" width=\"202\" height=\"317\"\/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:IHT.jpg\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Today as I was walking out of the offices in my holding company, I saw a pile of unread newspapers and made the decision.  Yes, that decision, the decision that I have been wanting to make for 10 years and for some reason, probably nostalgia, had not made.   The decision to cancel all newspapers subscription, the end of the newspaper era for me.  I canceled them all.  I know it\u00b4s sad that I won\u00b4t get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/\" title=\"International Herald Tribune\" rel=\"homepage\" class=\"zem_slink\">the International Herald Tribune<\/a> anymore, nor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/\" title=\"Financial Times\" rel=\"homepage\" class=\"zem_slink\">the Financial Times<\/a>, Expansi\u00f3n, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elpais.com\/\" title=\"El Pa\u00eds\" rel=\"homepage\" class=\"zem_slink\">El Pa\u00eds<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elmundo.es\/\" title=\"El Mundo (Spain)\" rel=\"homepage\" class=\"zem_slink\">El Mundo<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.wsj.com\/\" title=\"WSJ.\" rel=\"homepage\" class=\"zem_slink\">WSJ.<\/a>  But why should I go on getting them if I get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netvibes.com\/martinvarsavsky\">all my news online<\/a>?  At least I will save a few trees.  So long newspapers, it was good while it lasted.    <\/p>\n<p>PS here\u00b4s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bivingsreport.com\/2008\/the-use-of-the-internet-by-americas-largest-newspapers-2008-edition\/\">a good article<\/a> on how the newspaper industry in the States is doing online.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\" class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/c1ce9fa1-5e78-4178-b6eb-b3c0ae190602\/\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none ; float: right;\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=c1ce9fa1-5e78-4178-b6eb-b3c0ae190602\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"mainphotoarea\"><\/div><div class=\"theme-buttons\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=2271\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"71\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-font=\"arial\" data-locale=\"en_US\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image via Wikipedia Today as I was walking out of the offices in my holding company, I saw a pile of unread newspapers and made the decision. Yes, that decision, the decision that I have been wanting to make for 10 years and for some reason, probably nostalgia, had not made. 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